Introductory remarks by Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield, Distinguished Fellow and Chairman Emeritus at the Stimson Centre, former Assistant Secretary of State for Military Affairs. He chaired a panel discussion on Iran entitled “IRGC and Sanctions” in Paris, 29 June 2018, organized jointly by FEMO and APA. Participants in the panel included: • Robert Joseph, Ambassador, U.S. Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation…
Mr. Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), addressed a panel discussion on the subject of “IRGC and Sanctions” in a Paris suburb on June 29, 2018. The event was jointly organized by FEMO and APA. His remarks follow: Thank you, Lincoln. You asked provocative questions, so I will try to give you provocative replies…
It is the overall spirit of this agreement that has not been respected, since the idea behind it was indeed a reversal of the regime’s geopolitical stance, a sort of Islamic market democracy that was supposed to gradually emerge. Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier, a researcher at the Thomas More Institute and the Institut Français de Géopolitique (Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis), told a…
Eduard Lintner, former Deputy Minister of Interior of Germany, addressed a panel discussion on the subject of “IRGC and Sanctions” in a Paris suburb on June 29, 2018. The event was jointly organized by FEMO and APA. His remarks follow: Thank you very much for your kind invitation. But I have to apologize because I use the translation because my…
Michael Pregent, Middle East analyst, Hudson Institute, addressed a panel discussion on the subject of “IRGC and Sanctions” in a Paris suburb on June 29, 2018. The event was jointly organized by FEMO and APA. His remarks follow: Thank you for having me and thank you for having me at this panel. What’s different now is that the IRGC…
Ambassador Robert Joseph, U.S. Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security until 2007, addressed a panel discussion on the subject of “IRGC and Sanctions” in a Paris suburb on June 29, 2018. The event was jointly organized by FEMO and APA. His remarks follow: Good to see you and let me also…